can only connect to home wifi when manually inputting ip address

To connect to my home WIFI I have to manually input the IP address and DNS.

i am unable to automatically connect to any other wifi spots?

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Jan 14, 2016 12:09 AM

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Jan 15, 2016 11:44 AM in response to jormisher

Howdy jormisher,


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That you must enter the IP and DNS addresses makes it sound like you have a DNS Server issue. But then you state you can't connect to other Wi-Fi networks.


With that in mind, please check out these articles.

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If no help, please give us full details on your setup.

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